Name: Olestra and the FDA
Creator: Henry Blackburn
Keywords: Sucrose, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Dietary Fats, Unsaturated, Conflict of Interest, Epidemiology, Evaluation Studies as Topic, United States Food and Drug Administration, Fatty Acids, Humans

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Apr 1996 English Publisher:Massachusetts Medical SocietyJournal:New England Journal of Medicine, volume 334, pages 984-986 (issn: 0028-4793, eissn: 1533-4406,

Authors: Henry Blackburn;

doi: 10.1056/nejm199604113341511

pmid: 8596603

Olestra and the FDA

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Olestra, a polyester of sucrose and six or more triglycerides, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 24 as a nondigestible substitute for fat in snack foods, after a lon...

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Sucrose, Dietary Fats, Unsaturated, Conflict of Interest, Epidemiology, Evaluation Studies as Topic, United States Food and Drug Administration, Fatty Acids, Humans, Food Additives, United States

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